Dunkelsteinerwald (municipality)
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Dunkelsteinerwald | |
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 Coat of arms | |
  Dunkelsteinerwald Location within Austria | |
| Coordinates: 48°18′24″N 15°28′20″E / 48.30667°N 15.47222°E | |
| Country | Austria |
| State | Lower Austria |
| District | Melk |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Franz Penz (ÖVP) |
| Area | |
• Total | 54.19 km2 (20.92 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Population (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 2,390 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 3122 |
| Area code | 02753 |
| Vehicle registration | ME |
| Website | www.dunkelsteinerwald.at |
Dunkelsteinerwald is a market municipality with 2,289 inhabitants in the district Melk in Lower Austria, Austria.
Dunkelsteinerwald lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The surface of the market municipality covers 54.19 square kilometers. 46.73 percent of the area is wooded.
The municipality includes the cadastral districts of Eckartsberg, Gansbach, Gerolding, Geroldinger Wald, Häusling, Heitzing, Hessendorf, Himberg, Hohenwarth, Kicking, Kochholz, Krapfenberg, Lanzing, Lerchfeld, Lottersberg, Mauer bei Melk, Neuhofen, Nölling, Ohnreith, Pfaffing, Thal, Umbach und Ursprung.
History
In the antiquity the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum. Lying in the Austrian heartland of Lower Austria, the place took part in the eventful history of Austria.
Inhabitant development
After the result of the census of 2001, there were 2289 inhabitants. In 1991, the market municipality had 2025 inhabitants, up from 1941 in 1981 and 1911 in 1971.
